Vocabulary Definitions
Continents and Oceans
Maps
Latitude and Longitude
Miscellaneous
100
The cardinal directions
What are North, South, East, West
100
The continent that the USA is on.
North America
100
It is a collection of maps.
What is an atlas?
100
The lines of longitude run this way. The lines of latitude run this way.
What is Vertical (slices) and Horizontal (dices)
100
The seven states that surround Colorado
What is Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Mexico?
200
Imaginary great circle around the earth’s surface which divides it into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
200
The 4 regions/countries of North America?
What are Canada, USA, Mexico, and Central America
200
Vertical line that divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
What is longitude?
200
Part of a city. EX: Highlands Ranch
What is a community?
300
The half of the earth that lies south of the equator
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
300
Australia and Antarctica
What are the two continents that are located ALL below the equator?
300
The wind rose was used before this was invented to guide ships.
What is a Compass Rose?
300
The longitudinal line that goes through Greenwich, England at 0 degrees?
What is the Prime Meridian line?
300
The seven continents (must write on the board and spell correctly.)
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
400
Used to tell what symbols are that are on a map.
What is a key?
400
The 4 major oceans
What are the Indian, Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans?
400
A ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map
What is a scale?
400
Imaginary lines between the equator and the south pole and the equator and the north pole.
What is the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?
400
A large state on the east coast of the USA and a large state on the west coast of the USA
What is EX: New York, Virginia, Florida EX: California
500
Ordinal directions
What are Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest?
500
Australia
What is the smallest continent?
500
South Pole; North Pole
What are the other names for Antarctica and the Arctic?
500
The six time zones of the United States
What is Alaska Time, Hawaii Time, Pacfic Time, Mountain Time, Central Time, Eastern Time?
500
The ocean on the east coast of the USA and the ocean on the west coast of the USA ( must spell correctly by writing on the board.)
What are the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean?
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